Sinister: link, librarians, late landing

[Sarah Garrett Sonner]

Hello List.

Too bad alliteration doesn't start with an L. I'm de-lurking for a third 
time, firstly cause I don't think anyone's posted about last week's 
Pitchfork review of FYHSJKHCKAJFALP. If so, sorry if this is a repeat. It's 
written in a particularly timely format for those just now getting to see 
High Fidelity. Read it at: 
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/b/belle-and-sebastian/fold-your-hands-child.shtml 
. They get some facts wrong but I have to forgive them since they don't 
include the usual regurgitated band history we've all read before. (I owe 
big thanks to T.S.P. for telling me about this site in the first place.)

Secondly, I must add my out-of-tune voice to the defense of all current and 
former librarians, myself in the latter category. Having done hard retail 
labor as well, I find it's the counter between people that makes things like 
respect and common decency suddenly disappear. Remember kids, Hefner don't 
write songs about just any old profession, you know. The whole argument 
consisting of "yes (P*nk Fl*yd/Electronic Renaissance) sucks"/"no it 
doesn't" reminds me of the schism between Dewey Decimal Systems and Library 
of Congress, as I felt loyalties sharply divided at my former place of 
employment. I've been reading a book about book thieves lately, too. It's 
called "The GENTLE Madness." (emphasis mine.) Wheels within wheels.

Thirdly, when it comes to celebrities, TV or non, I treat them all the same. 
That is, when I see them, I walk past them. This has happened enough to be 
classified as a pattern. Quentin Tarantino, Hugh Downs, Jarvis Cocker, and 
Robbie Williams. Well, that last one's a stretch, since he came into a 
cafe/deli where I was eating and bought a bottle of water and looked around 
in apprehension before exiting. So I guess he was the one doing the walking. 
And Lenny from Sha-na-na once put up my ex-boyfriend's Christmas tree. Or 
was that John Holmes? Or Tom Jones? Oh I forget.

Fourthly, I'm glad Robyn brought up Stuart's car. It's become rather 
inseparable from my image of him. My first car was a shiny black 1949 
Plymouth Special Deluxe that I sadly had to part with. If I ever met Stuart 
I'd be more likely to talk about cars than music. Then again I'll most 
likely just pass him by. Is he a gearhead? Dreamy.

Fifthly, hey Magda: do sort-of-covers of soul songs count? The Donnas rhyme 
"I saw him standing at a rock'n'roll show/ somebody told me that his name 
was Bruno" in their version of Da Doo Ron Ron. Rockabilly wouldn't count 
there either, but Clint Miller sings such timeless lyrics as "Bertha Lou, 
gotta get a date with you" and "I want to conjugate with you."

Sixthly, and most difficult to pronounce, too bad I'll be arriving over 
there just shy (in two meanings) of the London picnic date. Give a holler if 
you see me in the next 2 weeks--I'm extremely tall, intimidating, and 
nearsighted, and I'll be wearing my spy apparel and spending money on shoes 
and records.

See you kids later,

xxx Sarah
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